India, Aug. 23 -- It is not always that actors speak out against their own films even before they release. That is why Saswata Chatterjee's statement about his upcoming film, The Bengal Files, raised a few eyebrows. The actor claims he was misled while doing the film and did not even know what the film was about. However, the film's producer and actor Pallavi Joshi has countered those claims, calling them untrue.

The Bengal Files is directed by Vivek Agnihotri and is based on Direct Action Day, the bloody chapter of history in Bengal's Partition. Pallavi, Vivek's wife, is not only acting in the film but also co-producing it. Saswata Chatterjee has a small role in the film. Speaking with The Wall News, the actor had said, "Nowadays, they ...